This week, September 30 to October 6, marks the 30th Banned Books Week, “an annual event celebrating the freedom to read.” * The list of books that have been challenged or banned from schools and public libraries over the last 30 years includes some of the very books often taught… Read more »
The initial ebook release of J. K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy (released 9/27) was “literally unreadable” according to Laura Hazard Owen of Paid Content — and any number of angry and dismayed Kindle and Nook customers. Hatchette has since fixed the problem, but it’s a major blunder, especially since the… Read more »
Category: YA (historical romance)Book source: public library Seventeen-year-old Althea is the sole support of her entire family, and she must marry well. But there are few wealthy suitors–or suitors of any kind–in their small Yorkshire town of Lesser Hoo. Then, the young and attractive (and very rich) Lord Boring arrives,… Read more »
Free YA ebook! Tera Lyn Childs’ Sweet Venom is available free in the Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and Sony stores. (If you have another ePub reader, you can purchase books at Kobo or Sony, or check your favorite ePub retailer.) The sequel, Sweet Shadows, just came out this month. Giveaways on… Read more »
Category: Contemporary RomanceSeries: Life in Icicle Falls #1Book Source: ARC from the publisher Sweet Dreams Chocolate Company has been in the Sterling family for generations, ever since Great-Grandma Rose literally dreamed up her first fabulous recipe. But now it looks as if they’re about to lose Sweet Dreams to the… Read more »
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman Series: Mrs. Pollifax #2 Published by Recorded Books on 1989 (book first published by Fawcett, December 1, 1970) Genres: Cozy Mystery, Espionage Format: Audiobook Source: the library Purchase: Amazon | Bookshop | Barnes & Noble | Audible Add to Goodreads Also by this… September 26, 2012 Lark_Bookwyrm Book Reviews 0 ★★★★½
Hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, this week’s topic: Top Ten Series I Haven’t Finished. My reasons for not finishing these series range from “eagerly awaiting the next title” to “distracted by other books” to “lost interest or declining quality.” You’ll notice that I intend to return to a number… Read more »
A new study of iPad owners shows that parents prefer paper books for co-reading with or to their children — except on trips. The survey also goes into parents reasons for not co-reading on the iPad; their perceptions about the value of added animations, audio narration, and other features; and… Read more »
Libriomancer Series: Magic Ex Libris #1 on August 7th 2012 Pages: 368 Format: Hardcover Add to Goodreads Also in this series: Codex Born Isaac Vainio is a Libriomancer, a member of the secret organization founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg. Libriomancers are gifted with the ability to magically reach… Read more »
Several of the blogs I read have great giveaways going on this week: The Book Smugglers have two books available: an ARC of Libba Bray’s The Diviners (through Sept. 22) and an ARC of Phoebe North’s YA SF novel, Starglass (through Sept. 29.) The Midnight Garden is giving away… Read more »
